Dream city : vancouver and the global imagination

By:

Berelowitz, Lance

Publication details: Vancouver Douglas and Mcintyre 2010Description: xii,276pISBN:

9781553651703

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.1216 BER

Contents:

CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1. The Elemental City 9 2.In the Garden of Eden 15 3.In Nature's Way 25 4.The Physical Armature 39 5.Brushes with Destiny: Vancouver's Experience with Master-planning 55 6.The Transportation Palimpsest 71 7.The Road Not Taken 89 8.For Sale: The (Abridged) Story of Vancouver's Development Community 95 9.A Sense of Place: Characteristics of Vancouver's Public Realm 127 10.Urbanists at Large in the Garden City: The Search for an Urban Tradition 145 11.Edge City 159 12.The Domestic Tradition: The Search for an Indigenous Architecture 183 13.A Brief History of Zoning 215 14.Hollywood North 227 15.Public Life or Spectacle? The Culture of Public Space 241 Epilogue 259 Notes 267 Bibliography 269 Index 271

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction
1. The Elemental City 9
2.In the Garden of Eden 15
3.In Nature's Way 25
4.The Physical Armature 39
5.Brushes with Destiny: Vancouver's
Experience with Master-planning 55
6.The Transportation Palimpsest 71
7.The Road Not Taken 89
8.For Sale: The (Abridged) Story of
Vancouver's Development Community 95
9.A Sense of Place: Characteristics of
Vancouver's Public Realm 127
10.Urbanists at Large in the Garden City:
The Search for an Urban Tradition 145
11.Edge City 159
12.The Domestic Tradition: The Search for an Indigenous Architecture 183
13.A Brief History of Zoning 215
14.Hollywood North 227
15.Public Life or Spectacle?
The Culture of Public Space 241
Epilogue 259
Notes 267
Bibliography 269
Index 271

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